Adele OWNED the Grammy Awards 2017, she won every award she was nominated for, an incredible achievement only three other artists have done before…Beyoncé (2004),Amy Winehouse (2008) and Alison Krauss (2009).
Adele had just won the Song of the Year 2017 for “Hello”, dedicating it to the late George Michael and as she was walking off the stage with her Song of the Year award, the nominees for the Best Album of the Year were shown on the big screen.
She couldn’t believe the words, the female announcer spoke over the mic..after much hesitation and a weird “ummm…umm” she said 25, the audience were stunned..not many were clapping and Adele herself was taken aback by the announcement that she couldn’t hold back her tears of joy.
But what she would say on the stage after receiving the award, would eventually stun the most fanatic of her supporters.In her tearful acceptance speech..Adele dedicated the award to Beyonce calling her “artist of my life, my album of the year Lemondae”… and confessed that she herself was a big fan of Beyonce and was a touch disappointedthat Beyonce did not win the award for Lemonade.
Sympathizing with Beyonce, Adele further added “Five years ago at the Grammys, I was pregnant and didn’t know …and that was the biggest blessing of my life, and in my pregnancy and through becoming a mother, I lost a lot of myself. I still do struggle but tonight winning this kind of feels full circle and like a bit of me has come full circle.”
Looking Beyonce deep in the eyes Adele said, “You are our light and the way you make me and my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel, is empowering and you make them stand up for themselves. I love you and I always will.” In her response Beyonce uttered looking at Adele…”I Love You”.
Later backstage when most of the journalists were packing up, Adele stopped by some of the journalists and said…”America has always been very kind to me, I don’t know why… I didn’t think anyone would care. I thought no one would know it was me. I thought it was going to be a very expensive disaster.”
Adele then talked about her son Angelo James Konecki born on the 19th of October 2012 and how much her boy inspired her, brought the best out of the singer.She once again shifted her focus to Beyonce..adding these words “Like I said in my speech, my album of the year (was) Lemonade. I was completely rooting for her, voting for her.”
One has to remeber that Beyonce has been a great source of inspiration for Adele, as spoken by the British singer herself in countless interviews, on how much she had adored Beyonce since her pre-teen years.
“It was her time to win. It was like, what the (f**k) has she got to do to win album of the year?!”.Even though Grammy voters are very traditional, “I thought this was the year that they would go with the tide. Of course, I am very grateful having won. But I felt the need to tell her, because I love her. And she was more than worthy.”
Adele’s winning the Album of the Year at Grammys 2017 for 25, makes her the only singer apart from Taylor Swift, in the history of the Grammy awards to have won the coveted Album of the Year twice.
It might have been a disappointing night for Beyonce..but it was truly a forgettable night for Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande..from whom much was expected from their fans but neither of them managed to win any awards in their chosen categories.
All the Winners of Grammy Awards 2017 –
Album of the Year
25, Adele
Record of the Year
“Hello,” Adele
Song of the Year
“Hello,” Adele and Greg Kurstin
Best New Artist
Chance the Rapper
Best Pop Vocal Album
25, Adele
Best Music Video
“Formation” Beyoncé
Best Roots Gospel Album
Hymns, Joey+Rory
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Hello” Adele
Best Rap Album
Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper
Best Rap Song
“Hotline Bling” Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
Best Rap Performance
“No Problem,” Chance the Rapper [ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz]
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Hotline Bling,” Drake
Best Bluegrass Album
Coming Home, O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams, composer
Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley
Best Rock Album
Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage the Elephant
Best Rock Song
“Blackstar,” David Bowie
Best Rock Performance
“Blackstar,” David Bowie
Best Country Album
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson
Best Alternative Music Album
Blackstar, David Bowie
Best Metal Performance
“Dystopia,” Megadeth
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade, Beyoncé
Best Country Solo Performance
“My Church,” Maren Morris
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Jolene” [ft. Dolly Parton], Pentatonix
Best Country Song
“Humble and Kind,” Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
Best R&B Album
Lalah Hathaway Live, Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B Song
“Lake By the Ocean,” Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Best Comedy Album
Talking for Clapping, Patton Oswalt
Best Spoken Word Album
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox, Carol Burnett
Best Folk Album
Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz
Best R&B Performance
“Cranes in the Sky,” Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Angel,” Lalah Hathaway
Best Americana Album
This Is Where I Live, William Bell
Best American Roots Song
“Kid Sister,” Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)
Best American Roots Performance
“House of Mercy,” Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album
E Walea, Kalani Pe’a
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“God Provides,” Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Last Days of Oakland, Fantastic Negrito
Best Surround Sound Album
Dutilleux: Sur La Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère de L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement, Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony
Best Traditional Blues Album
Porcupine Meat, Bobby Rush
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Edith Piaf 1915-2015, Ge´rard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)
Best Dance Recording
“Don’t Let Me Down” [ft. Daya], The Chainsmokers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Skin, Flume
Best New Age Album
White Sun II, White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” John Scofield, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Take Me to the Alley, Gregory Porter
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Culcha Vulcha, Snarky Puppy
Best Music Film
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years, The Beatles
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Greg Kurstin
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Country for Old Men, John Scofield
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom, Ted Nash Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac, Chucho Valdes
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Thy Will,” Hillary Scott & the Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Love Remains, Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
Best Latin Pop Album
Un Besito Mas, Jesse & Joy
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
iLevitable, iLe
Best Regional Mexican Music Album
Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo), Vicente Fernandez
Best Tropical Latin Album
Donde Estan?, Jose Lugo & Guasa´bara Combo
Best World Music Album
Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble
Best Children’s Album
Infinity Plus One, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Best Historical Album
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Collector’s Edition), Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers;Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)
Best Instrumental Composition
”Spoken at Midnight,” Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band)
Best Recording Package
Blackstar, Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
Best Album Notes
Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along, Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)
Best Remixed Recording
“Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix),” Andre´ Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)
Best Engineered Album: Classical
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles, Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)
Best Engineered Album: Non-Classical
Blackstar, David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)
Producer of the Year: Classical
David Frost
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“You and I,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Flintstones,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9, Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles, James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1, Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Steve Reich, Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway, Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Schumann & Berg (tie), Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist
(Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)
Best Classical Compendium
Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Track from Trolls – “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake,Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Miles Ahead, Miles Davis & Various Artists; Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle & Robert Glasper, compilation producers
Best Musical Theater Album
The Color Purple, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti,Roy Furman, Joan Raffe, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)